Australian Open 2026 LIVE: Follow Osaka vs Ruzic & Tsitsipas vs Mochizuki

Listen: Australian Open Daily podcast BBC Sounds The BBC Sport team in Melbourne will round up the best of the action at the Australian Open with a daily podcast. Head to BBC Sounds to find all episodes - today's edition will be published soon. Post This is the moment from 2021 that Naomi Osaka was referring to in her post-match interview. She paused play during one of her matches after a butterfly landed on her face. She gently removed it and placed it on the side of the court before resuming... and went on to win the tournament. Post Osaka 6-3 3-6 6-4 Ruzic Former two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka, speaking on court after her three-set win over Antonia Ruzic: "This is one of my favourite tournaments and just to start the year off, it makes me very happy. I'm so grateful you [the crowd] stuck it out because we were the second night match and I hope you enjoyed the match. "I think I served pretty well. She is an amazing player, I've never played her before and if we meet again I am pretty sure we will keep playing some really great matches." On the outfit she wore during her entrance to Rod Laver Arena: "Nike let me design this one. It's modelled after a jellyfish. I'm so grateful I get to be able to do the things that I love and it's really beautiful. "There's a butterfly on the hat and the umbrella, which has to do with the Australian Open I won in 2021." Post Osaka 6-3 3-6 6-4 Ruzic Chanda Rubin American former world number six on 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds At 4-4 it still wasn't obvious who was going to win this match and all of a sudden Naomi Osaka had the best game she has had all match. That was a signal and a shift - it was still not easy to close out that last game but she took her opportunities and that is the mark of a champion. Game, set and match - Osaka Osaka 6-3 3-6 6-4 Ruzic Naomi Osaka has done it. She has survived a potential first-round banana skin! The two-time Australian Open champion didn't make it easy for herself at all. It's almost as if a dramatic entrance on to Rod Laver Arena called for a dramatic first-round performance. Nevertheless, I look forward to seeing that entrance again! Full credit to Antonia Ruzic, who is celebrating her 23rd birthday today, for going toe-to-toe with such an experienced player in just her second-ever Grand Slam appearance. Post Osaka 6-3 3-6 3-4 Ruzic* Chanda Rubin American former world number six on 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds Antonia Ruzic is showing the lack of discipline in Osaka's game at times. Osaka is such a talented ball-striker, but Ruzic is able to rush her from the ground and those shots become lower percentage shots. Osaka is still trying to hit these outright winners and she just doesn't have the spacing for it. It has been impressive how Ruzic keeps pushing back. Ruzic breaks back Osaka 6-3 3-6 2-1 Ruzic* Naomi Osaka is trying her best to unsettle Antonia Ruzic, but the Croat is playing her own game and is relatively unfazed. An amazing effort as she manages to fight back from 40-15 to deuce. Ruzic then knew if she applied the pressure, Osaka would make the mistake. She hits a forehand long on cue for her 35th unforced error of the match. 'Osaka needs to adjust her returns' Osaka 6-3 3-6 1-0 Ruzic* Chanda Rubin American former world number six on 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds What will Naomi Osaka look to do in this third set? Her first serve has been decent in this match but I have been surprised that she hasn't been able to take advantage on returns. Maybe that will be the area she really tries to adjust.